by: BBC The Gravelines nuclear power plant is cooled from a canal connected to the North Sea A French nuclear plant temporarily shut down on Monday due to a “massive and unpredictable presence of jellyfish” in its filters, its operator said. The […]
from Earth First! Newswire The EF! Gathering is going to be July 2-8 near Free Soil, Michigan!! Travel Info: The closest airport is Manistee, about 30 minutes away. Traverse City, Muskegon, Grand Rapids airports are about 2 hours away. Lansing, Kalamazoo, and […]
by Julia Conley / Common Dreams Over images typical of fossil fuel company ads that have been accused of “greenwashing” their practices, a new viral video explains that oil giant Chevron is “actively murdering” people across the globe as it continues to extract […]
from nzherald Escaped self-cloning mutant crayfish created in experimental breeding programmes have invaded a Belgian cemetery. Hundreds of the duplicating crustaceans, which can dig down to up to a metre and are always female, pose a deadly threat to local biodiversity after […]
by Jorg Massen / Utrecht University Not only people show sympathy, also birds seem to care about the fate of conspecifics. They notice how much food the others already have and then share theirs with individuals that were not given any. “They […]
from BBC A Malaysian man says he found monkey selfies and videos on his missing phone a day after retrieving it in the jungle behind his house. The content – including footage of a monkey that appears to be trying to eat […]
An autopsy has concluded that a Florida man choked to death after downing dozens of live cockroaches during a pet store contest earlier this year. The report released Monday says 32-year-old Edward Archbold of West Palm Beach died as a result of […]
Tar Sands Action Camp, Oct 12 – 14 Join the fight to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline Actress and activist Daryl Hannah was arrested Yesterday alongside East Texas farmer, Eleanor Fairchild while defending her farm from the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. […]
While the threat of anarchist mayhem at the RNC has people preoccupied just about as much as the hurricane rolling towards Florida’s Gulf Coast, there’s another righteous menace that’s been baffling the authorities of the Tampa Bay area: a feral monkey. […]
by the Center for Biological Diversity When zoologist Mark Carwardine headed into the dense jungle landscape of New Zealand in search of one of the last remaining wild kakapos — pudgy, nocturnal parrots that can’t fly — little did he know he […]